Bottle and sealing-cap.



No. 885,734. PATENTED APR. 28, 1908.

' J. DEEMBR.

'BOTTLE'AND SEALING GAP.

APPLICATION I'll-ED AUG. 9, 1904.

WITNESSES I ,gff 'f ZZT X f UNITED STATES PAT N OFFICE.

JOHN M. DEEMER', OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

- 30mm AND SEALING-CAP.

I Spe'cification of Letters Patent.

Patented .April as, 1908.

' Applicationfiled August'Q, 1904. Serial No. 220,078.

,To'all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J onN- M. Dnnnnnciti zen of the'United States, andresident ofNew York, county of New York, and State of New- York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements ina Bottle and Sealing-Cap,

' of whichthe following is a specification, referenee being had totheaccompanying drawing, forming a part thereof, in which similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts. f This inventionrelates'to bottle caps for sealing and closing that class of bottlesadapted: to contain gaseous liquid compounds, such as ginger ale, beeretc. which are sold independently ofthe bottles and under -conditionsrequiring said bottles to 'be returned. to the bottler or manufacturerof the original contents, after they are emptied; the caps beingmachineaced and susceptible of use co-jointly with preferably of theconstruction illustrated in the accom anyin drawings and hereinafterfully descr1bed, t e ob'ects 'ofthe invention b ing to provide an ecient sealing device and protective means for preventin re-use' of thebOtlBlGSJUIllGSS they are re-close b my improved cap, whereby illicituse, by re ing of the bottle, is prevented.

a neck having my improved cap attached thereto; Fig. 4, is a verticalsectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.; Fig. 5, is a plan viewof Fig. 2; Fig. .6, is an inverted plan view of the sealing-cap; Fig.7., is-a side vlewof said cap; F 8 is'a vertlcalsectional view taken onthe line 8-8, of Fig. '7. s Fig.

9, is a side view of a slightly modified form of cap, .and Fi 10, isa-vertical sectional view of a bottleeck havingthe last named form ofcap attached. In this view the moves in the bottle neck are of slightlymod' ed sha e.

In the "ractice' of my invention, I emp oy. a prefera 1y glass bottle ofadaptable conbottles which are integrally formed marks or c aracters, asE,

smooth and. rounded formation of the said tour and capacity, comprisingthe body A and neck B, said neck terminating in an upper cylindricalpart b, all of said parts formed mtegral.

Formed one on each side of the upper or head 'art 6, ofthe'bottle neckB, beneath the mouth thereof, is a horizontal groove or recess ,C,which, in vertical sectional elevation, embodies an overhanging part 1,and a downwardlyand obliquely extended part 2.

1 These grooves areparallel and directly opf posite each other and theinner walls of each groove extend into the bottle-neck and form anintegral bar D,-each ofsaid bars embodying a top or ledge 3, and-atapering part 4.

By 'meansof these bars so proportioned and located, an efiective meansisprovidedin the bottle-neck to prevent the insertion of a cylindricalcork, but fowin to the tapering contour of their walls, whicIx'mergeobliquely into theneck, and the Wide channel between them, outflow offluid through saidneck, when discharging the bottle, will not beretarded. This form of bar in the bottleneck not only does not retardoutflow of fluid from the bottle', but it resents only a minimum ofvertical surface or contact with- 'a cork, should an attempt be made toemploy. a cork of contour s1mil-ar,-in' sectional plan, to theplan-formation of the outlet.

- between the bars D; thus such cork could not begracticably employed toclose the bottle. 4

- n the'visible parts 2, of the walls comprising the grooves C, I mayvlace preferably- Figs. 1 and 2, of the drawings, these may 'embo dy anyarbitrarily selecte characters or devices adapted. to identify eitherownershi of the bottle or the class of goods containe therein.

The cap employed for closing and sealing the bottle comprises themetallic shell F, 1 having the o positely located depending i tongues f,for camping engagement with the grooves C, said cap also having the'corkdisk' G, which latter, during the process of (placing the cap, isforced by pressure exerte vertioallyagainst said cap, pai'tly into thebottle mouth to provide an air-tight annular seal, the position of'thebars .D, slightly below the upper e e of the bottle-neck, notinterfering with t e artial insertion of said cork disk, nor with t eprocess of producing the upper edge of the bottle-neck, after the majorpartiof the bottle is blown or formed in the mold, as will be evident tothose familiar with the art of making bottles.

The caps F, each-comprise va top 5 and of being readily bent into enagement with the overhanging parts of t e grooves C. Or they may beperfectly plain as shown by the .Figs. 7 and 8, of the drawings; but ineach case the cap is composed of sheet metal of a character adapted tobe bent and forced into engagement by mechanism employed for thepurpose.

In the form of bottle illustrated by Fig. 10, of the drawings, thegrooves for engaging the clamping tongues of the bottle-cap slightlycontracted, but it is obvious that the angles of direction of the wallsof the grooves may be varied without departing from the spirit and scopeof my invention.

A bottle made as described, is especially applicable-for containingbeverages, such as beer or any gaseous or highly charged liquids, andthe protective bars, owing to their slightlate'ral extension andspecific forn1ation, will not interfere with the insertion offilling-tubes, of standard size, into .the body ofthe bottle for thepurpose of charging the same. The bottle is also susceptible of beingreadily cleansed.

In the o eration anduse of the invention, the bottle eing filled to therequired height,

a cap is-pl'aced overthe mouth thereof and forced downwardly undersufiicient pressure to form a seal between the cork lining of the capand the mouth of the bottle-neck, the

tongues f,of the capiF, are then bent into engagement within the groovesC, as illus-, trated by Figs. 3' and 4, of'the drawings. In thisconstruction the lower ends of the tongues are -preterabl crimped aswell 'as bent under the over anging parts .of the grooves. Where a capsuch as illustrated by Figs. 9 and 10, of the'drawings, is employedcrimping'of the lower ends of the tonguesis' "not-necessary.

, Having now described my invention, what I claim-asnewan'd'desire tosecure by Let- 'ters Patent,is:- t

1. A bottle closing device comprising a are i seams metallic caphaving acork disk therein, and a depending annular flange and a pair of oppositely located de ending tongues formed integral with said ange, saidtongues each having a serrated lower edge, each of the saidtongues'adapted to be bent into aborizontal de ress'ion in abottle-neck, substantially as shown and described. 7

2. The combination with a bottle cap having a pair ofdepending tongues;of a bottle having horizontal grooves in itsneck, the inner wallsof-said grooves extending into the channel of the bottle-neck andforming bars to prevent the insertion of a c lindrical cork, andtheouter walls forming epressions, the free endsof the saiddependingtongues of the bottle cap being bentinto engagement with saiddepressions to fasten the cap, substantially as shown and described.

3. In combination with a cork-lined bottie-cap having a pair oi: opositely located de ending tongues, a bottle raving horizon ta grooveslocated opposite each other, the inner walls'of said grooves extendinginto the channel. of. the bottle-neck and the outer Walls thereofforming depressions which ongage the free ends of the said tongues whichare bent into engagement with said depressions as a means for fasteningthe cap to the bottleneck, substantially as shown and de scribed.

w 4. A bottle having oppositely located depressions in its neck, thewalls of said depressions extended into the channel of thehottle-neck,said walls in vertical sectional elevation, each embodyin anapproximately hortzontal part and an o lique part; in combination with ametallic ca having a cork disk and a pair of oppositay located dependingtongues, the free ends of said tongues bent under and in contact withthe said horizontal parts of the walls of the said grooves for fas--tening the bottle and cap together, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that, I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name in presence of two witnesses, this 8th day of August 1904.

JOHN M. DEEMER.

